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He then started running around the police station and was chased by officers as he tried to open doors, which were all locked.

A scuffle then broke out between Bardai and two police officers, Sgt Neil Gilmour and PC Deborah Bowen.

Grantham Police Station and Custody Suite

He was overpowered, but Sgt Gilmour was left with two snapped tendons in his fingers and had to be signed off work for several weeks, while PC Bowen suffered minor injuries.

Bardai, 28, of Sidney Street, Grantham, appeared at Lincoln Crown Court where he admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, two charges of common assault of an emergency worker, criminal damage and attempted criminal as a result of the incident on 19 November last year. He was jailed for 16 weeks.